streaming model works best if you have a big catalogue; won't necessarily benefit individual writers and artists

http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/streaming-model-works-best-if-you-have-a-big-catalogue-clive-gardiner/060432

BBC preview of 2015 in music

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30392168

Mica Levi on the Under The Skin soundtrack

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/dec/27/mica-levi-under-the-skin-scarlett-johansson?CMP=share_btn_fb

One Direction's secret investment in 5 Seconds of Summer

http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6273836/one-direction-secret-investment-5-seconds-summer

2014 - when songwriters burned the chorus and built the bridge

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/dec/22/2014-when-songwriters-burned-the-chorus-and-built-the-bridge

Lucian Grainge's end of year memo to employees

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/6414010/lucian-grainges-end-of-year-memo-to-employees-its-no

Lohan Presencer on Apple, YouTube, Spotify....

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/22/lohan-presencer-apple-youtube-spotify-ministry-of-sound

Fatboy Slim on the making of Rockafeller Skank

Anatomy of a Hit: how Meghan Trainor made the UK chart without selling downloads

https://insights.spotify.com/uk/2014/12/16/anatomy-of-a-hit-how-meghan-trainor-made-the-uk-chart-without-selling-downloads/

make YouTube look less like Spotify and more like Pandora says Mark Mulligan

http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2014/12/12/why-it-is-time-to-make-youtube-look-less-like-spotify-and-more-like-pandora/

Mike Will Made It interview

http://noisey.vice.com/blog/mike-will-made-it-interview-ransom-2014?curator=MusicREDEF

Ed Sheeran "owes career to Spotify"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30436855

the genesis of Now That's What I Call Music

http://www.wrongmog.com/2014/12/how-we-made-now-thats-what-i-call-music/

Anatomy of a Hit - Kelly Clarkson's Since U Been Gone

http://www.npr.org/2014/12/02/368013489/anatomy-of-a-hit-kelly-clarksons-since-u-been-gone?curator=MusicREDEF

the story of how Lorde became famous

http://mic.com/articles/105476/lorde-may-be-the-last-true-rock-star

maybe Lars Ulrich was right (about Napster)

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2014/12/01/maybe-lars-ulrich-right?curator=MusicREDEF